Types of Learning
Visual Pathway
Classical Conditioning
Auditory Pathway
Miscellaneous
100

The type of non-associative learning that leads to a decrease in reaction to a stimulus.

Habituation

100

The broad term that describes the sensory neurons in the eye.

Photoreceptors

100

Alex is watching a scary movie. Every time there is a scary scene that makes Alex nervous, scary music starts playing. Now whenever Alex hears that scary music, he gets nervous.

What is the unconditioned/conditioned response?

Alex being nervous 

100

The timing of sound differs between your two ears which helps you determine where things are in space. This is referred to as _______.

Loaclization

100
The neurotransmitter associated with pleasure and learning.

Dopamine

200

The type of non-associative learning that leads to a increase in reaction to a stimulus.

Sensitization
200

The type of photo receptor that detects color. 

Cones

200

Alex is watching a scary movie. Every time there is a scary scene that makes Alex nervous, scary music starts playing. Now whenever Alex hears that scary music, he gets nervous.

Alex doesn't watch that movie for a long period of time, now whenever the scary music plays, he doesn't get nervous. This is known as _________.

Extinction

200

The type of coding that processes low frequencies. (This is the one where the hair cells "dance.")

Temporal Coding

200

The sleep disorder that causes unusual actions during sleep, most commonly diagnosed in children.

Somnambulism

300

Type of social learning where your behavior changes because of watching other's behaviors. 

Obersvation-Response

300

The photoreceptor in the eye that detects shades of gray.

Rods

300

Alex is watching a scary movie. Every time there is a scary scene that makes Alex nervous, scary music starts playing. Now whenever Alex hears that scary music, he gets nervous.

This music was written in a minor key. Now anytime Alex hears a song in a minor key, he gets nervous. This is called ________. 

Generalization

300

The wider the part of the cochlea that is responding, the _____ a sound will be perceived. 

Lower

300

A regular drug user is most likely to overdose in a ____ setting 

New / Unfamiliar

400

The type of conditioning that is similar to the phrase, "learning from the consequences of your own actions."

Action -> Stimulus -> Response

Operant Conditioning

400

The part of the brain that is considered the "sensory gateway."

Thalamus

400

Alex is watching a scary movie. Every time there is a scary scene that makes Alex nervous, scary music starts playing. Now whenever Alex hears that scary music, he gets nervous.

What is the unconditioned stimulus?

The scary scene

400

The type of coding that process high frequencies.

Place Coding

400
The part of the brain that controls cravings.  

Insula

500

Type of conditioning where one stimulus predicts another stimulus. 

Classical Conditioning

500

The type of cells that collect information from the photoreceptors and send it to the sensory gateway.

Ganglion Cells

500

Alex is watching a scary movie. Every time there is a scary scene that makes Alex nervous, scary music starts playing. Now whenever Alex hears that scary music, he gets nervous.

What is the conditioned stimulus?

The music

500

The part of the ear on which the hair cells are located.

Basilar Membrane

500

Hemispatial (unilateral) neglect occurs when there is damage in the _____ lobe.

Parietal Lobe.